Type-writing machine



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W. 0. GARNER & 0. P. LAGANKE. TYPE WRI'IING MACHINE.

No. 375,062. Patented Dec. 20, 1887'.

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TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

No. 375,062. Patented Dec. 20, 1887.

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TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

N0."375,062. Patented Dec. 20, 1887. u -l m. I I! dm 7 mil/ UNITEDSTATES PATENT ()FFICE.

WILLIAM O. GARNER, OF OBERLIN, AND CHARLES F. LAGANKE, OF CLEVE- LAND,OHIO; SAID LAGANKE ASSIGNOR TO ZELOTA M. GARNER, OF

OBERLIN, OHIO.

TYPE-WRITING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 375,062, dated December20 1887.

7 Application filed July 26,1886. Serial No. 209,162. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM O. GARNER, of Oberlin, in the county ofLorain and State of Ohio, and CHARLES F. LAGANKE, of Cleveland, in thecounty of Ouyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new andImproved Type-XVr-iting Machine; and we do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and complete description thereof.

: Our invention is an improvement in the class of type-writer in which amovable typeplate is used with a finder-arm, which is provided with apin or projection to engage apertures or openings in an index-plate, the

index-plate and the type-plate being so constructed relatively to eachother that when the pin of the finderarm engages an opening in theindex-plate the corresponding letter on the type-plate is brought intothe proper position to be impressed upon the paper, and has for itsobject increased speed in writing by printing whole words of two, three,or four letters each at one impression instead of printing them letterbyletter. This is accomplished by increasing the size of the index andtype plates and certain changes in the con struction to enable the typecarrying or feed mechanism to be automatically changed to correspondwith the change from a single letter to a word of two, three, four, ormore letters.

One form of our invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, and theinvention is fully set forth in the following specification and claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a Hall type-writer with ourimprovements attached. Fig. 2 is a section of the carriage on the dottedline 713 in Fig. 1,with the top plate turned back and shown inelevation. Fig. 3 is a front side View of the carriage. Fig. 4: is aplan view of the carriage with the top plate turned backward and shownin section. Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional View on line 00 m, Fig.

5 1. Figs. 6, 7, 8, and 9 are detail views, to which reference will bemade hereinafter.

Like reference-figures are used in the draw- I ings to indicate likeparts.

The main parts 01" the type-writer-the frame,

the carriage, the inking-pad, paper-holder, 5o printing-post, andfinder-arm-are all substantially the same as those shown and describedin the patent to Hall, No. 238,387. The typeplate is enlarged andprovided with a certain number of rows of type-letters andnumeralsrunning lengthwise of the machine. Next these rows of type areone or more rows of words of two letters most commonly used, such as on,to, it, is, us, as, 850. Next to these are one or more rows of 6c typeof words of three letters of general use, such as and, are, the, you,Sir, 820. Next to these are one or more rows of type for words of fourletters in most common use, as into, your, were, ever, thus, 85c.

The number of words may be varied according to the size of the plate andlimited to such number as may be found by experience to give bestresults. 7c

The iudex-plate is made of a size to correspond to the type-plate, andis provided with suitable holes to receive the pointer of the finder-armto give the proper impression of letter or word in the usual manner of aHall type-writer.

It will be evident that as the words occupy more space than the singleletters it is necessary to provide some means forgiving the carriage theproper movement in respect to the paper. We accomplish this by thefollowing means: The feeding of the carriage is effected in the commonway bya spring acting upon a pinion, a rack engaged by the pini0n,andareleasing mechanism which engages the rack and automatically releasesthe carriage and permits the spring to move it the requisite distance.This is accomplished by levers 29 and 31 and spring-arm 32. The twoformer are of the same construction as those heretofore used. The latteris, however, of slightlydifferent construction. The levers 29 and 31 arepivoted uponstud 30. Upon this stud is mounted a pinion, 34, providedwith an inwardly-extending hub. This hub is provided with notches 9 5 ofdifferent depths. If the type-plate has single letters and words of two,three, and four letters each, there will be four notches in the ion 34.The racked portion is supported in engagement with the pinion by thebracket a, which is provided on top with a groove to receive the same.The forward end of the bar 35 passes through and slides in a bracket,1), near the front of the machine. Near the front of the machine the bar35 is provided with the upwardly-extending stud 50.

The finder-arm 38 is,as heretofore, pivoted to a fiat bar extendingforward from the typeplate frame, and to this bar is rigidly attached aslotted arm, 37, extending toward bar 35, and has its slot engaging thestud 50 thereon. The slot is of a little greater length than the typeand index plates, so that in moving the arm from one side of the plateto the other in a straight line the stud 50 will not come in contactwith the ends of the said slot. In moving the finder-arm from one row ofholes in the index-plate to another the arm 37 will move the rack andcause the pinion 34 to turn. \Vhen the pointer of thefinderarm isengaged with any of the holes in the rows for single letters andnumerals, the projection 45 isopposite the notch 43 of the hub of thepinion, so that when released it will spring outward but a shortdistance and be arrested in such position as to engage the rack-bar 6one groove in advance and permit the forward movement of the carriageonly the space of a single let ter. \Vhen, however, the finder-arm isdrawn forward and the pointer of the same made to engage one of theholes of the rows for words of two letters, the hub of the pinion isturned so that the projection 45 will be opposite notch 43, and, thisnotch being of double the depth of 43, on being released the spring-armwill spring outward a farther distance and be arrested in position toengage the rack-bar two grooves in advance. In like manner, when thepointer-arm is in position to print a word of three letters, the pinionis turned to bring the hub in such a position as to bring the notch 42opposite the projection 45 of the springarm, and when the finder-arm isso placed as to print a word of four letters the pinion is placed sothat notch 41 comes opposite the said projection. These notches beingofthe proper depths to permit the spring-armv to engage the rack-barthree and four grooves in advance, the required amount of movement tothe carriage, when printing words of three and four letters each, issecured. The construction of without printing.

the hub of the pinion and the notches therein are best shown in Fig. 3.

\Vhen it is desired to raise the top plate of the machine, the slottedarm must be disengaged from the stud 50.

It is sometimes desired to move the carriage This is accomplished inmuch the same manner as in the class of typewriters referred to, onlythat with our construction this can be done with much greater rapidity,as by leaving the pointer of the finderarm between two of the holes forwords of three or four letters a pressure upon the fingerpiece 49 willmove the carriage three or four grooves of the rack-bar. The fingerpiece49 is pivoted to the lever 29 and is held, when desired, in an operativeposition by a springcatch, 50. (Se'e Fig. 9.) The return of the carriageto begin another line is accomplished by grasping the thumb-pieces 51and 52 on lcvers 29 and 31, as has been done heretofore.

The other parts not herein described are the same as those of thetype-writers hereinbefore referred to.

\Vhat we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with the movable typeplate of a type-writer, havingtype for single letters and type for words of more than a single letterthereon, and the feeding devices, of

i a variable stop for the spring-arm of the feeding devices, and aconnection, substantially as described, between said variable stop andthe typeplate, whereby the movement of the spring-arm is controlled bythe position of the typeplate, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the movable typeplate of a type-writer, havingtype for single letters and type for words of more than a singleletter,of a pinion provided with stops of different lengths for the spring-armof the feeding devices, a rack engaging said pinion, and a connectionbetween the rack and type-plate, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with the movable type plate of a type-writer, havingtype for single letters and type for words of more than a single letterin rows thereon, of a pinion pro-- \VILLIAM O. GARNER. CHARLES F.LAGANKE.

lVitnesses:

W. H. BURRIDGE, B. F. EIBLER.

